The present invention is directed to a system and method for background
noise reduction and performance improvement in conferencing. A method for
providing a conferencing session may include receiving inputs from a
number of participants in a conferencing session. A number of prominent
inputs are determined from the received inputs and the determined
prominent inputs are combined into a first output stream. The output
stream is suitable for being sent to at least one participant of the
number of participants in the conferencing session.